Snippets

Introduction

Snippets allow you to share small, reusable bits of SQL with your team.

Demo

Creating your first Snippet

To create a snippet, select command / control + k, and search for "Create snippet".

Working with dates is a good example. Consider this snippet we use at SeekWell which creates three date formats from a timestamp.

date_trunc('day', {{column_name}})::date as "{{alias}}_day",
date_trunc('week', {{column_name}})::date as "{{alias}}_week",
date_trunc('month', {{column_name}})::date as "{{alias}}_month"
Created on date

Once you type {{, you’ll see the variable added to "Defaults". Here you can add a commonly used value for the variable (for example, created_on).

Variables are optional, not adding variables will create a "static snippet".

Navigation

  • To create a snippet, select command / control + k, and type "Create snippet".

  • To use a snippet from a block, select command / control + ; (semicolon).

  • To view / edit / delete your snippets, select command / control + k, and type "View snippet".

    View snippets

Library

SnippetLibrary

Name Tags SQL

addSubSelect

ansi

 
(select
{{group_by_col}},
max({{max_col}}) max_{{max_col}}
from
{{table}}
group by 1) as max_{{table}}

dayWeekMonth

postgres

 
date_trunc('day', {{column_name}})::date::text as "{{alias}}_day",
date_trunc('week', {{column_name}})::date::text as "{{alias}}_week",
date_trunc('month', {{column_name}})::date::text as "{{alias}}_month"

addWith

postgres

 
with {{alias}} as (
select
from {{table_name}}
)

Days between two dates

postgres

 
now()::date - some_date::date

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